I do rail incessantly about the horrors of Vancouver but there definitely are things and people that I will miss.This positive blog will discuss some of these and also a bit about the power of…
Catastrophe has struck. My computer remains lost due to the incompetence of Icelandic Air. My iPad refused to turn on, my old computer went to sleep and would not wake up. So I only had…
At this present moment I am sitting on the living room coach with a hot water bottle placed under my sore back watching Schitts Creek , a funny, fantastic Canadian television series and OMG it…
Every bit of this strange story of my knobby knees is true although it could be viewed as too fantastically unusual and unlikely to be true. Go back in time to December 7, 2018. I…
This blog has spoken to the issue of what it means to leave one’s country or origin, to immigrate to another land. It feels like you do not belong anywhere. An outsider when first moving…
I am known for my hatred of Christmas (one has to be known for something). I am the star, the reigning queen of Christmas Hatred. But I am making some small concessions to the season…
As my blog and Instagram entries attest everything was going great, actually superb ally great. The final leg of the journey was about to be undertaken and at the time I was in heaven –…
I received wonderful and touching words about my embarking on yet another Master’s degree. He: With a fair wind you should be making the record books with the oldest student to achieve more MAs than…
Traveling is dreadful but it is made even more more horrible by sheer stupidity. People arrive late at airports often taking public transportation. I questioned the Pestana Chelsea personal about getting to Gatwick. They: Well,…